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9th PLACE
Green Turtle
Armeñime, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
By Sergi Garcia
The resemblance of plastic bags to jellyfish is a
constant danger, as the turtles ingest the bags
by mistake. Many of them die from asphyxia or
obstructed digestive tracts. We did not let this
turtle eat the bag, but the oceans are riddled with
these bags, and they are ours. I took only three
shots because removing the bag took precedence.
Nikon D7000, Tokina AF 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 DX
Fisheye lens at 12mm, 1/100 sec @ f/10, ISO 100,
Inon Z-240 strobes (2), Nauticam housing;
3rd PLACE
King Penguin
Macquarie Island, Subantarctic
Ocean, Australia
By Tobias Bernhard
Macquarie Island’s king penguins
have come up with a safe way
to avoid the crushing surf and
predators such as leopard seals
by using a tidal pool with a small,
deep channel to the open ocean
as a launching point. They were so
unfazed by me that they clambered
over my back at times to dive into
the freezing water.
Nikon D2X, 14mm f/2.8D AF ED
lens, 1/20 sec @ f/13, ISO 100,
Sea & Sea YS-300 strobes (2),
Subal housing, 8-inch dome port
and 20mm extension
HIGHLY HONORED
Blue Shark and Diver
Pico Island, Azores, Portugal
By Franco Banfi
I was at Pico Island with a group of friends and photographers
to photograph blue sharks. Each day we went out onto the open
sea in a Zodiac. One time I was in the water with three or four
sharks swimming around me, sometimes coming very near. This
situation gave me the idea to photograph a shark up close with a
fisheye lens and fill the rest of the frame with a diver.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens, 1/160 sec @
f/11, ISO 320, Seacam Seaflash150 strobes (2) at half power,
Subal housing;
